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Games like TUNIC

If TUNIC is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death's Door, Skjoldur Story and Void Sols — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep narrative layers, manually decipher clues and rewarding puzzle design. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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TUNIC is a challenging isometric action-adventure from the TUNIC Team, published by Finji and released in 2022. Players control a small fox navigating a land filled with lost legends and ancient powers, with exploration and puzzle-solving forming the core gameplay loop. The game's distinctive manual-learning-system means players must manually decipher clues from an in-game instruction booklet to progress. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with players highlighting rewarding puzzle design and deep narrative layers that reward careful investigation. The game is verified on Steam Deck with approximately 22 hours of content and maintains a 92% positive rating across nearly 10,000 Steam reviews.

About TUNIC: Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 85Windows · macOSby TUNIC Team
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Players who liked TUNIC also play

Steam players who put hours into TUNIC also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Top pick for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Skjoldur Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Second-strongest match for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    In this lighthearted pastoral adventure, explore a vast and whimsical world, confronting dangers in whichever order you choose using nothing but a magical shield.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Void Sols

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Third-strongest match for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Fire in the Beastlands

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Ranked #4 for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coral & The Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Retrace the Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Ranked #6 for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure11.69 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Ranked #7 for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Eat everything. Grow stronger. Save the Gourmet Kingdom. A charming action-adventure where you devour foes, solve clever dungeon puzzles, and battle monstrous bosses in a whimsical, food-filled world. Find the five Divine Spices and save the Gourmet Kingdom from the Demon Chef!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. FOUNTAINS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Ranked #8 for TUNIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to TUNIC

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Outer Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

    2020ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. FEZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

    2013Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with TUNIC.

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Return of the Obra Dinn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with TUNIC.

    Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Reviewers of TUNIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below TUNIC at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares RPG with TUNIC.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Priced ~50% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under TUNIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with TUNIC.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TUNIC.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with TUNIC.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TUNIC.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Death's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Void Sols

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Buffet Knight - Decadent Full Course

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Eat everything. Grow stronger. Save the Gourmet Kingdom. A charming action-adventure where you devour foes, solve clever dungeon puzzles, and battle monstrous bosses in a whimsical, food-filled world. Find the five Divine Spices and save the Gourmet Kingdom from the Demon Chef!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. FOUNTAINS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with TUNIC.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with TUNIC.

    Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about TUNIC

Is TUNIC verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — TUNIC is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does TUNIC cost?
TUNIC is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to TUNIC?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TUNIC are Death's Door, Skjoldur Story, Void Sols.
Who developed TUNIC?
TUNIC was developed by TUNIC Team and published by Finji.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on TUNIC.

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